biostudies-literatureHollinghurst RHCRW_Health and Care Research Walesafac176https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9356534biostudies-literatureUnknown51(8)<h4>Background</h4>falls are common in older people, but associations between falls, dementia and frailty are relatively unknown. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on falls admissions has not been studied.<h4>Aim</h4>to investigate the impact of dementia, frailty, deprivation, previous falls and the differences between years for falls resulting in an emergency department (ED) or hospital admission.<h4>Study design</h4>longitudinal cross-sectional observational study.<h4>Setting</h4>older people (aged 65+) resident in Wales between 1 January 2010 and 31 December 2020.<h4>Methods</h4>we created a binary (yes/no) indicator for a fall resulting in an attendance to an ED, hospital or both, per person, per year. We analysed the outcomes using multilevel logistic and multinomial models.<h4>ResuAge and ageingAnnual risk of falls resulting in emergency department and hospital attendances for older people: an observational study of 781,081 individuals living in Wales (United Kingdom) including deprivation, frailty and dementia diagnoses between 2010 and 2020.PMC9356534HCRW_SCF-18-1504SCF-18-1504Williams NHollinghurst RPedrick-Case RHollinghurst JNorth LLong SFry RfalseAnnual risk of falls resulting in emergency department and hospital attendances for older people: an observational study of 781,081 individuals living in Wales (United Kingdom) including deprivation, frailty and dementia diagnoses between 2010 and 2020.<h4>Background</h4>falls are common in older people, but associations between falls, dementia and frailty are relatively unknown. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on falls admissions has not been studied.<h4>Aim</h4>to investigate the impact of dementia, frailty, deprivation, previous falls and the differences between years for falls resulting in an emergency department (ED) or hospital admission.<h4>Study design</h4>longitudinal cross-sectional observational study.<h4>Setting</h4>older people (aged 65+) resident in Wales between 1 January 2010 and 31 December 2020.<h4>Methods</h4>we created a binary (yes/no) indicator for a fall resulting in an attendance to an ED, hospital or both, per person, per year. We analysed the outcomes using multilevel logistic and multinomial models.<h4>Resu2022-01-01T00:00:00Z2022 Aug2025-04-27T02:53:45.148Z2024-11-20T00:01:31.311ZS-EPMC93565343593224210.1093/ageing/afac176